n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 Archit. the art and process of producing practical and aesthetically pleasing buildings. 2 Geol. the study of large-scale structural features (cf. plate tectonics).
TECTONICS
Meaning of TECTONICS in English
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012